Chronological

Sign 1: A Woman About To Give Birth

12 And a great sign appeared in heaven: there was a woman, having been clothed-with the sun, and the moon was under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head, ² and having a child in her womb. And she is crying-out, suffering-birth-pains and being-in-torment to give-birth.

Sign 2: A Red Dragon Tries To Devour The Woman And Her Newborn Son, But Fails

³ And another sign appeared in heaven. And behold— there was a great fire-red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems^[a] on his heads. ⁴ And his tail sweeps-away^[b] a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon is standing before the woman being about to give-birth, in order that when she gives-birth he might devour her child. ⁵ And she gave-birth to a Son, a male Child, Who is going to shepherd^[c] all the nations with an iron rod. And her Child was snatched-up to God, and to His throne. ⁶ And the woman fled into the wilderness^[d] where she has a place there having been prepared by God, in order that they^[e] might nourish^[f] her there for one-thousand two-hundred sixty days.

There Is a War In Heaven: The Dragon Is Thrown Down To Earth

⁷ And there was a war^[g] in heaven. Michael and his angels were to fight against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought. ⁸ And he did not prevail, nor was a place for them still found in heaven. ⁹ And the great dragon was thrown-down— the ancient serpent, the one being called the devil and Satan, the one deceiving the whole world— he was thrown-down to the earth. And his angels were thrown-down with him. ¹⁰ And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying “Now^[h] the salvation^[i] and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ came^[j], because the accuser of our brothers was thrown-down— the one accusing them before our God by day and by night. ¹¹ And they overcame^[k] him because-of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of ^[l] their testimony. And they did not love their life until^[m] death. ¹² For this reason— celebrate, heavens, and the ones dwelling in them. Woe for the land and the sea, because the devil went down to you having great fury, knowing that he has a short time”.

The Dragon Pursues The Woman, And Then Makes War Against Her Children

¹³ And when the dragon saw that he was thrown-down to the earth, he pursued^[n] the woman who gave-birth to the male Child. ¹⁴ And the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman in order that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place where she is nourished there for a time and times and half of a time from the presence of the serpent. ¹⁵ And the serpent threw^[o] water from his mouth after the woman like a river, in order that he might cause her to be swept-away-by-a-river. ¹⁶ And the earth helped^[p] the woman. Indeed the earth opened its mouth and swallowed-up the river which the dragon threw from his mouth. ¹⁷ And the dragon became-angry at the woman, and he went to make war against the rest of her seed^[q]— the ones keeping the commandments of God and holding the testimony of ^[r] Jesus. ¹⁸ And he stood on the sand of the sea.

A Beast Comes From The Sea: The Dragon Gives Him Power And Authority

13 And I saw a beast coming-up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and ten diadems upon his horns, and names of ^[s] blasphemy on his heads. ² And the beast which I saw was resembling a leopard, and his feet were like ones of a bear, and his mouth was like a mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority. ³ And I saw one of his heads as-if ^[t] having been slain to^[u] death. And his wound of ^[v] death was cured. And the whole earth was caused-to-marvel [while following] after the beast. ⁴ And they gave-worship to the dragon, because he gave the authority to the beast. And they gave worship to the beast saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage-war against him?” ⁵ And a mouth was given to him speaking great things and^[w] blasphemies. And authority to act for forty and two months was given to him. ⁶ And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name, and His dwelling^[x]— the^[y] ones dwelling in heaven. ⁷ And authority was given to him to make war against the saints, and to overcome^[z] them. And authority was given to him over every tribe and people and tongue and nation. ⁸ And all the ones dwelling upon the earth will worship him— each whose name has not been written in the book of life of the Lamb having been slain since^[aa] the foundation of the world. ⁹ If anyone has an ear, let him hear: ¹⁰ if anyone is for^[ab] captivity, he is going into captivity; if anyone is to^[ac] be killed with a sword, he is to be killed with a sword. Here^[ad] is the endurance and the faith^[ae] of the saints.

A Beast Comes From The Land. He Makes Everyone Worship The First Beast

¹¹ And I saw another beast^[af] coming-up out of the land^[ag]. And he had two horns like a lamb. And he was speaking like a dragon. ¹² And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And he makes the earth and the ones dwelling in it so that they will worship the first beast whose wound of death was cured. ¹³ And he does great signs, so that he even makes fire to come-down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of the people. ¹⁴ And he deceives the ones dwelling upon the earth because-of the signs which it was given him to do in the presence of the beast— telling the ones dwelling upon the earth to make an image to the beast who has the wound of the sword and lived^[ah]. ¹⁵ And authority was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, in order that the image of the beast might even^[ai] speak and cause that all-who do not give-worship to the image of the beast should be killed. ¹⁶ And he causes everyone— the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves— that they^[aj] should give them a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, ¹⁷ and that no one should be able to buy or to sell except the one having the mark: the name of the beast or the number of his name. ¹⁸ Here^[ak] is wisdom. Let the one having understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number^[al] of a man. And his number is six-hundred sixty six.

The Lamb And The 144,000 Stand On Mt. Zion, Singing a New Song

14 And I saw, and behold— the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one-hundred forty four thousand having His name and the name of His Father having been written on their foreheads. ² And I heard a sound from heaven like a sound of many waters, and like a sound of loud thunder. And the sound which I heard was like that of harpists harping with their harps. ³ And they^[am] are singing something like a new song before the throne and before the four living-creatures and the elders. And no one was able to learn the song except the one-hundred forty four thousand, the ones having been bought^[an] from the earth. ⁴ These are ones who were not stained^[ao] with women, for they are virgins. These are^[ap] the ones following the Lamb wherever He goes. These were bought from mankind to be the firstfruit to God and to the Lamb. ⁵ And falsehood was not found in their mouth. They are without-blemish.

Three Angels Proclaim God’s Message To The Earth

⁶ And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven^[aq], having eternal good-news to announce-as-good-news to^[ar] the ones sitting on the earth— indeed, to every nation and tribe and tongue and people, ⁷ saying with a loud voice “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment came^[as]. And give-worship to the One having made the heaven and the land and sea and springs of waters”. ⁸ And another angel, a second, followed, saying “Babylon the great fell^[at], it fell— she who has given-a-drink-to all the nations from the wine of the passion^[au] of her sexual-immorality”. ⁹ And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, ¹⁰ he himself will also drink from the wine of the fury of God having been mixed undiluted in the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented with fire and sulphur in the presence of holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. ¹¹ And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. And they do not have a rest by day and by night^[av]— the ones worshiping the beast and his image, and if anyone receives the mark of his name. ¹² Here^[aw] is the endurance of the saints, the ones keeping the commandments of God and the faith of ^[ax] Jesus. ¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write— ‘Blessed^[ay] are the dead dying in the Lord from-now-on! Yes, says the Spirit, so that they will rest from their labors, for their works are following with them”.

The Reaping of Mankind

¹⁴ And I saw and behold— there was a white cloud, and one sitting on the cloud resembling a son^[az] of man, having a golden crown^[ba] upon his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. ¹⁵ And another angel came out of the temple, crying-out with a loud voice to the one sitting on the cloud, “Send your sickle and reap, because the hour to reap came, because the harvest of the earth was dried-up^[bb]”. ¹⁶ And the one sitting on the cloud cast his sickle over^[bc] the earth, and the earth was reaped. ¹⁷ And another angel came out of the temple in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. ¹⁸ And another angel came-out from the altar— the one having^[bd] authority over the fire. And he called-out with a loud voice to the one having the sharp sickle, saying, “Send your sharp sickle and gather the clusters from the grapevine of the earth, because its grapes became ripe”. ¹⁹ And the angel cast his sickle into the earth, and gathered the grapevine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the fury of God. ²⁰ And the winepress was trodden outside the city. And blood came out of the winepress up to the bridles of the horses, one-thousand six-hundred stades^[be] away.

Sign 3: Seven Angels With The Seven Last Plagues, And The Overcomers Singing

15 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having seven plagues— the last, because the fury of God was finished^[bf] in them. ² And I saw something like a sea of-glass^[bg] having been mixed with fire, and the ones overcoming^[bh] from the beast and from his image and from the number of his name standing upon the sea of-glass, holding harps of God. ³ And they are singing the song of Moses the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying “Your works are great and marvelous, Lord God Almighty. Your ways are righteous and true, King of the nations. ⁴ Who will never come-to-fear, Lord, and glorify Your name? Because You alone are holy. Because all the nations will come and worship^[bi] before You, because Your righteous-acts were revealed”.

Vision 4: The Seven Bowls of Wrath

⁵ And after these things I saw, and the temple of ^[bj] the tabernacle^[bk] of ^[bl] testimony^[bm] in heaven was opened^[bn]. ⁶ And the seven angels having the seven plagues^[bo] came out of the temple, having been dressed-in clean shining linen and having been girded-with golden belts around the chests. ⁷ And one of the four living-creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls being full of the fury of God, the One living forever and ever. ⁸ And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from His power. And no one was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished. 16 ¹ And I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour-out the seven bowls of the fury of God into the earth”.

² And the first went and poured out his bowl into the land^[bp]— and a bad and evil sore came upon the people having the mark of the beast and the ones giving worship to his image.

³ And the second poured out his bowl into the sea— and it became blood like of a dead man. And every soul of life died— the things in the sea.

⁴ And the third poured-out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of waters— and it^[bq] became blood. ⁵ And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous^[br], the One Who is and Who was^[bs], the holy One, because You judged these things. ⁶ Because they shed the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. They are worthy^[bt] of it ”. ⁷ And I heard a voice from the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God Almighty, Your judgments are true and righteous”.

⁸ And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun— and authority was given to it to scorch the people with fire. ⁹ And the people were scorched with a great scorching-heat. And they blasphemed the name of God, the One having the authority over these plagues. And they did not repent so as to give Him glory.

¹⁰ And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast— and his kingdom became darkened. And they were biting their tongues because-of the pain. ¹¹ And they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains, and because of their sores. And they did not repent from their works.

¹² And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates— and its water was dried-up in order that the way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun^[bu]. ¹³ And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false-prophet. ¹⁴ For they are spirits of demons doing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world to gather them together for the battle of the great day of God Almighty. ¹⁵ “Behold^[bv]— I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one keeping-watch^[bw], and keeping his garments in order that he not be walking-around naked and they see his shame”. ¹⁶ And they gathered them together to the place being called Har-Magedon in Hebrew.

¹⁷ And the seventh poured out his bowl upon the air— and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne saying, “It is done^[bx]”. ¹⁸ And there came lightnings^[by] and voices and thunders. And a great earthquake took place such as did not take place from which time a human^[bz] came-to-be^[ca] upon the earth— so-large an earthquake, so great. ¹⁹ And the great city^[cb] came-to-be in three parts. And the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great was remembered^[cc] in the presence of God— to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. ²⁰ And every island fled, and the mountains were not found. ²¹ And great hail weighing about a talent^[cd] comes down from heaven upon the people. And the people blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague is extremely great.

One of The Seven Angels Takes John To See The Judgment of Babylon The Great

17 And one of the seven angels having the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute sitting on many waters, ² with whom the kings of the earth committed-sexual-immorality, and the ones dwelling-in the earth^[ce] got-drunk from the wine of her sexual-immorality”. ³ And he carried me away in the Spirit^[cf] to a wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast being-full-of names of ^[cg] blasphemy having seven heads and ten horns. ⁴ And the woman had been clothed-with^[ch] purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold, and with precious stone and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand being-full of abominations^[ci] and^[cj] the impure things of her sexual-immorality, ⁵ and a name having been written upon her forehead, a mystery^[ck]: “Babylon the Great, the mother of the prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth”. ⁶ And I saw the woman being-drunk from the blood of the saints, and^[cl] from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus.

The Angel Explains The Mystery of The Great Prostitute And The Beast

And having seen her, I wondered with great wonder. ⁷ And the angel said to me, “For what reason do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast carrying her— the one having the seven heads and the ten horns. ⁸ The beast which you saw was and is not and is going to come-up out of the abyss. And he goes to destruction. And the ones dwelling upon the earth whose name has not been written on the book of life since the foundation of the world will be caused-to-marvel while seeing the beast, because he was and is not and will be present^[cm]. ⁹ Here^[cn] is the mind having wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains where the woman sits on them, and they are seven kings. ¹⁰ The five fell, the one is, the other did not yet come. And when he comes, he must remain a short time. ¹¹ And the beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth. And he is from^[co] the seven. And he goes to destruction. ¹² And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings^[cp] who did not-yet receive a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour^[cq]. ¹³ These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast. ¹⁴ These will wage-war against the Lamb. And the Lamb^[cr] will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and the ones with Him are called ones and chosen ones and faithful ones”. ¹⁵ And he says to me, “The waters which you saw where the prostitute sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. ¹⁶ And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast— these will hate^[cs] the prostitute and they will make her desolated^[ct] and naked, and they will eat her flesh, and they will burn her up with fire. ¹⁷ For God gave it into their hearts to do His purpose, and to do one purpose, and to give their kingdom to the beast— until the words of God will be finished. ¹⁸ And the woman whom you saw is the great city having a kingdom over the kings of the earth”.

Another Angel Says, Babylon The Great Fell, It Fell!

18 After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority. And the earth was illuminated by his glory. ² And he cried-out with a strong voice, saying “Babylon the great fell, it fell! And it became a dwelling-place of demons, and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean bird, and a prison of every unclean and hated wild-beast. ³ Because all the nations have drunk from^[cu] the wine of the passion^[cv] of her sexual-immorality, and the kings of the earth committed-sexual-immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth became-rich by the power of her luxury”.

A Voice Says, Come Out of Her, My People. Babylon’s Judgment Comes In One Day

⁴ And I heard another voice from heaven, saying “Come out of her, my people, so-that you will not participate in her sins, and so that you will not receive of her plagues, ⁵ because her sins reached as far as heaven, and God remembered her wrongs. ⁶ Render^[cw] to her as indeed she herself rendered, and double^[cx] the doubles in accordance with her works. Mix double for her in the cup in which she mixed. ⁷ To the degree she glorified herself and lived-luxuriously^[cy], to that degree give her torment and mourning. Because she says in her heart that ‘I sit as queen and I am not a widow, and I will never see mourning’, ⁸ for this reason her plagues will come in one day— death^[cz] and mourning and famine— and she will be burned-up with fire, because the Lord God, the One having judged her, is strong^[da].

The Kings of The Earth Weep

⁹ “And the kings of the earth having committed-sexual-immorality with her and lived-luxuriously will weep and beat-their-breasts over her when they see the smoke of her burning, ¹⁰ while standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city— because your judgment came in one hour’.

The Merchants of The Earth Weep

¹¹ “And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargo^[db] anymore— ¹² cargo of gold and of silver and of precious stone and of pearls, and of fine-linen and of purple and of silk and of scarlet, and everything made-of-citron wood, and every object made-of-ivory, and every object from very-precious wood and brass and iron and marble, ¹³ and cinnamon and spice and incense and perfume and frankincense, and wine and olive-oil and fine-flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and of horses and of carriages, and of bodies^[dc]— even^[dd] souls of people. ¹⁴ And^[de] the fruit of ^[df] the desire of your soul departed from you; indeed all the rich things and shining things perished from you, and people will never find them anymore. ¹⁵ The merchants of these things, the ones having become-rich from her, will stand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning, ¹⁶ saying ‘Woe, woe, the great city, the one having been clothed-with fine-linen and purple and scarlet, and having been gilded with gold, and with precious stone and pearl— ¹⁷ because so much wealth was desolated in one hour!’

All Who Work The Sea Weep

“And every helmsman^[dg] and everyone sailing to a place and sailors and all-who work the sea stood at a distance, ¹⁸ and were crying-out while seeing the smoke of her burning, saying ‘What city is like the great city?’ ¹⁹ And they threw dirt on their heads and were crying-out, weeping and mourning, saying ‘Woe, woe, the great city by which all the ones having ships at sea became-rich because-of her preciousness^[dh]— because she was desolated in one hour!’

Saints Celebrate

²⁰ “Celebrate^[di] over her, heaven and saints and apostles and prophets— because God judged your judgment^[dj] from her!”

A Strong Angel Says Babylon Will Never Be Seen Again

²¹ And one strong angel picked-up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying “In this manner, Babylon the great city will be thrown-down with violence and never found again. ²² And a sound of harpists and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. And every craftsman of every craft will never be found in you again. And a sound of a mill will never be heard in you again. ²³ And a light of a lamp will never shine in you again. And a sound of a bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Because your merchants were the princes of the earth. Because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery, ²⁴ and in her the blood of prophets and saints was found, even of all the ones having been slain upon the earth”.